Release 2.19r
AGM Tuesday 19th March

At our AGM we elected Tish Hopkins (Chair), Louise Johnson (Treasurer), Nick Beeson (Secretary), Sue Maybury (House Chair), Bernard Burns (Club Captain) and Norah Small (Committee). Tony Hughes has been co-opted as Club TD. Do give them and all the rest of our committee your support.

Annual membership subscriptions are now due. £10 if paid by the end of April, otherwise £15.

Volunteers
Volunteers

We rely on many volunteers to enable our club to provide a great environment to play bridge. Here is Evelyn Friend cleaning and refurbishing all the bidding boxes. A great job, Evelyn,  Many thanks.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Bernard Burns, Paul Below, Mike Hopkins and Christina Powne who won the YCBA teams of four of four event on Real Bridge on Sunday 24th March. Well done indeed.

February 2024 Masterpoint Promotions

Congratulations to our members who have achieved the following master point promotions

Premier Regional Master Tim Emmott 

Area Master Val Kerr, Marie Whitaker

District Master Gail Smith, Richard Wilson

Cow and Calf In Ilkley

Swiss Pairs

The scoring at Swiss Pairs (and Swiss Teams) is a bit different to normal match point scoring in that each round is converted into VPs (Victory Points). The following document gives a simple  explanation  Swiss

Teams Training

Teams training runs every Thursday from 10am to 12 noon. Topics and hands will be pre selected. Everyone who would like to play teams is very welcome. 

Personal Accounts

Members can now log in to see their own personal account which shows sessions played, outstanding balances and payments made. Note payments can be made by bank transfer or by cheque but not cash please. Any queries to our Treasurer Louise Johnson. Please note that payments made are updated weekly onto the personal account.

This is the current club privacy policy (September 2022) POLICY in line with GDPR. 

Health and Safety Policy

This is the current Health and Safety Policy version 3.0. Players with mobility issues should note Appendix One Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan. POLICY

Committee Minutes

Members can access archived regular committee meeting minutes in the members only section.

General Information
General Information about the club

Olicana Bridge Club is a friendly club based in the centre of Ilkley. Events are held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday most weeks and there are gentle sessions on a Monday afternoon and  Wednesday morning for those who are learning/improving their bridge skills. We also have occasional weekend events - please see calendar for more details.

We also run regular bridge classes and offer you a warm welcome to all of our events.

Do come along to join us.